1. What Google products do you use on a regular basis? Why do you use them and what
makes them better than a competing product?
I regularly use News, Mail, Maps, Images. I actually use yahoo news as well. I had problems early on with yahoo's mail and hotmail, so I harbor a small prejudice over that. I don't necessarily think that Google is better than any other service. Mainly I use it becasue it is all there on one page and my fingers are used to typing google. I have used other search engines as I have needed to.
2. Check out Google Labs. Did you see any new products that you want to try?
I am testing Aardvark, where you get to ask a question and it finds someone who might be able to answer that question. (It worked pretty fast.) City Tours. I am going a short jaunt to Windsor, Ontario, Canada and this might be an interesting tool to give us some places to go. Uhmmm, no. That doesn't work. Bummer.
3. Search or browse Google Books. Do they have the book or magazine you looked for? Did
you find any gems? How can this be used in the library?
I looked at one or two of the books that it had on preview. Magazine-wise though I did find several that I liked looking through. I think that this might be helpful in a reader's advisory sort of way. A small sample of a book so that the patron could get an idea of whether they liked the style, etc.
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